Coronavirus illustrated: Steve Brodner writes about the worst takes on the virus, featuring Rush Limbaugh, Geraldo Rivera and President Trump.
Tag Archives: Columbia Journalism Review
Pandemic Journalism
Pandemic journalism: “My hope is that journalism, as an industry, will stop viewing itself as an external body meant to serve the public and instead begin to see itself as a member of the public,” writes Alexandra Neason.
Journalism Stimulus Needed
“We need a journalism stimulus,” writes Craig Aaron, saying that journalism is too important to democracy to be left to the whims of the market.
Climate Journalism Rage
Climate journalism rage: Emily Atkin describes how she put passion into reporting on climate change.
“In order to make an impact on climate journalism, I’ve learned, I need to turn my despair into rage,” she writes. “Only then can others feel the burning importance of the story.”
Focusing on Public Health, Not Politics
Focusing on public health, not politics: The train wreck becomes the story, at the expense of informing the public or holding power to account, writes Maria Bustillo.
MSNBC demonstrates an alternative, sober path away from outrage mania, she writes.
Journalism With Tears
Journalism with tears: When broadcasters‘ tears inundate us, their impact is lost, writes Savannah Jacobson.
The crying reporter is a new genre of clickbait, she writes.
Freelancers’ Ethical Dilemmas
Freelancers’ ethical dilemmas: Freelancers make up an increasing portion of the media workforce, writes Laura Neuman.
Unlike staff journalists, she writes, they don’t work in a newsroom with editors, colleagues and legal staff close by.
All Coronavirus’s Names
All coronavirus‘s names: Journalists have the responsibility to put things in context, writes Merrill Perlman.
Acknowledge its place in the pantheon of disease, she writes. “Reporting as if it were the end of the world is an epidemic of a different kind.”
Perils of Freelancing
Perils of freelancing: Freelancers are sharing rates and organizing as the pools of available money dwindles, writes Elizabeth King.
“Even in non-unionized workplaces, employees are legally protected if they want to discuss their pay with colleagues,” she writes, but it is considered risky or taboo.
Religious Journalists
Religious journalists: The Columbia Journalism Review conducts a roundtable of journalists of faith.
“In newsrooms, religious practices often goes unspoken — but maybe it can be an edge,” says CJR, in giving the public information they don’t have.
Ethics AdviceLine for Journalists 